{"id":67833,"date":"2020-09-16T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nycs-biggest-development-fight-since-amazon-a-test-of-corey-johnsons-ambitions\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T23:59:00","slug":"nycs-biggest-development-fight-since-amazon-a-test-of-corey-johnsons-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nycs-biggest-development-fight-since-amazon-a-test-of-corey-johnsons-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC\u2019s biggest development fight since Amazon a test of Corey Johnson\u2019s ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC\u2019s biggest development fight since Amazon a test of Corey Johnson\u2019s ambitions<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n It could be the next Amazon!<\/p>\n

Left-wing activists and their allies on the City Council are once again facing off against a coalition of unions, allied lawmakers and business groups over the fate of a proposed mega-redevelopment \u2014 this time, at Brooklyn\u2019s Industry City.<\/p>\n

Boosters say the project would yield at least 15,000 new jobs at and nearby the complex that Gotham\u2019s coronavirus-devastated economy desperately needs, while opponents argue it would cause more gentrification in Sunset Park.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s fate now rests in the hands of city lawmakers, putting Council Speaker Corey Johnson into the middle of another showdown between ascendant left-wing activists and stalwart Democratic Party constituencies as he weighs a 2021 mayoral campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real tough one. There are no easy outcomes here. You have people who have legitimate concerns on one hand and 15,000 jobs on the other,\u201d said one veteran Democratic strategist. \u201cThere are going to be angry people no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he decides to run, the Industry City decision will say a lot about how he plans to run in the primary,\u201d the person added.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio again punted to Johnson\u2019s Council when asked about the project during his daily press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to respect the City Council\u2019s process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s spokeswoman told The Post he\u2019s still reviewing the project.<\/p>\n

The project underwent an hours-long Council hearing Tuesday. No vote was taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always available to sit down, Carlos, 24\/7,\u201d said Industry City\u2019s chief executive Andrew Kimball told local Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn), who opposes the project, during one contentious exchange.<\/p>\n

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Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn)<\/span>Taidgh Barron\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou have yet to gain the confidence of the people who are representing this community,\u201d Menchaca fired back.<\/p>\n

The Industry City project is unique in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n

Currently, about half of the 5.3 million square feet in the sprawling, 16-building industrial complex is either vacant or used for warehouse and storage space.<\/p>\n

The fight centers around Industry City\u2019s request that the Council and de Blasio sign off on changing the zoning over the area so they can use the empty space for other purposes \u2014 including for additional film and photo studios, offices and retail and classrooms.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also asked for permission to demolish an old, decommissioned powerhouse to make way for a new building \u2014 one of three proposed. All would be between 10-13 stories tall.<\/p>\n

If app<\/a>roved, the changes and new construction would expand Industry City to 6.6 million square feet.<\/p>\n

Supporters told the City\u2019s Planning Commission that the expansion would \u201cgenerate<\/span> more than <\/span>20,000 jobs and attract $1 billion in private investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those tallies combine 8,000-strong workforce already at Industry City, the 7,000 new positions expected there as well as another 8,000 jobs off-site.<\/p>\n

The project is opposed by a coalition of liberals and neighborhood activists who have offered a bevy of objections to the proposal, claiming: expanding the facility will accelerate gentrification in Sunset Park, their insufficient guarantees locals will benefit from the new jobs and the complex is vulnerable to flooding if the city is hit by a hurricane. The complex flooded during Superstorm Sandy.<\/p>\n

And they\u2019ve found a powerful ally in Congresswoman Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-Brooklyn), who testified against the project Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Congresswoman Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-Brooklyn)<\/span>Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Typically, Menchaca\u2019s opposition alone would be enough to kill the project thanks to the Council\u2019s tradition of deferring to the local lawmaker on zoning changes and construction projects.<\/p>\n

But the promise of thousands of new jobs with unemployment at 20 percent \u2014 and Menchaca\u2019s own personal unpopularity among his colleagues \u2014 have changed the math.<\/p>\n

Three prominent, union-friendly lawmakers \u2014 Councilmen Robert Cornegy (D-Brooklyn), Donovan Richards (D-Queens) and Ritchie Torres (D-The Bronx) \u2014 are pushing the override.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnywhere else in the world, the Industry City project would be a no-brainer. We have to do it,\u201d said Carlo Scissura, head of the New York City Building Congress, which represents builders and union hardhats, both of which are pushing the redevelopment forward.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also gotten support from politically powerful 32BJ, which represents service workers and testified in favor of the redevelopment Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But the personal antipathy towards Menchaca \u2014 who has frequently frustrated his colleagues \u2014 helped cracked the door for the unusual battle, four sources told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarlos Menchaca is one of the most reviled members of the City Council,\u201d said one person familiar with the dynamics. \u201cSometimes things are politics, somethings things are policy \u2014 and sometimes things are personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Julia Marsh<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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